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Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 28. Correspondence, poems, lyrics for songs, newspaper marine columns, and royalty and copyright contracts related to William Shakespeare Hays, a poet, composer, and newspaper columnist of Louisville, Kentucky. Many clippings of a biographical nature and of his works. Attached (Click on "Additional Files" below) is full text scan of a diary kept by Hayes from 1864 to 1865 and titled "My Leisure Moments to Belle McCullough." This diary is found in Box 3, Folder 4 of the collection.
Hines, Hiram Markham, 1871-1917 (Sc 1544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Hiram Markham, 1871-1917 (Sc 1544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1544. Hines's diary records information about his daily activities and social events in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1895. It also includes information about weather and Hines' living expenses.
Dunbar, Elijah, 1821-1911 (Sc 1335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dunbar, Elijah, 1821-1911 (Sc 1335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1335. Letter written by Elijah Dunbar from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his brother in Canton, Massachusetts. Evidently he and an associate were traveling piano salesmen. Dunbar vividly describes the terrible road conditions between Bowling Green and Elkton, Kentucky.
Moore, Charles Minor, 1859-1940 (Sc 1387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Charles Minor, 1859-1940 (Sc 1387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1387. Reminiscences of C. Minor Moore, who came to Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1879 or 1880 to work for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He describes the town and lists many railroad employees.
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Mss 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Mss 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 138. Vietnam War letters written by Robert Michael Bradley to his parents Sue and Henry Bradley, Jr., of Bowling Green, Kentucky documenting his tour in Vietnam, July 6, 1968-July 5, 1969. Includes information about 1st Cavalry Division, Agent Orange, MIA/POW's, veterans issues, and Gerard-Gerard funeral home, 1860-1950.
Debates (Sc 1474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Debates (Sc 1474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1474. Debate papers entitled: "Resolved that Columbus was a greater man than Washington," and "Resolved that our forefathers enjoyed life to a greater degree than we do." Author is unknown.
Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1367. Courtship letters, 1884, written by George F. Simpson, Louisville, Kentucky, to Amanda Park, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expressing his delight in visiting with her as well as enjoying his profitable hunt for wild game. They married in 1885. Also genealogical data.